Kostoff Speaks

(The scene opens slowly to show him sitting on a chair looking out a sliding glass door. He smiles and spins around in the chair )

Kostoff: See, right now anyone that gets in the ring with me is only there for one reason.

(He laughs as he leans back in the chair.)

Kostoff: I want one thing and one thing only. It shouldn’t come as a shock as to what I am wanting.

Kostoff: I have been patient. I have waited.

(He lets out a low growl.)

Kostoff: I have done stuff for Lee and the fed that people have asked me why? I have lost to folks on purpose to help the company and those fucktards out.

Kostoff: I have allowed folks in this place to harass my family. I have let folks get away with things here, that if they caught me outside of here, they would eat their food from a feeding tube for a long fucking time.

Kostoff: See, this is all coming about the way I have wanted it to come around. Not everything has to be done in one day.

(He places his hands on his knees.)

Kostoff:  Now let me go to this tournament. This week, well I’m gonna be fully honest. I have no fucking clue who I am facing.

Kostoff: See, you could be the baddest man in the world. You could be my tuffest opponent to date. Hell you might hurt me beyond belief.

(He laughs.)

Kostoff: But in all reality, I doubt it. I might lose. And if I do, I don’t care. You are only in my path to me getting what I want.

Kostoff: See, I took folks out to get what I wanted to be at. You are just another pawn in my way. Another chess piece I get to knock down.

Kostoff: Just think. For one minute. Let it sink in.

(He sighs)

Kostoff: I am going to hurt you to get what I want. It is not personal. It is all about business.

Kostoff: You’ll see, you’ll get it.

Kostoff: See ya in the ring boy

(The scene drifts to darkness.)